1 Kings 20:17 meaning and explanation
And the young officers of the district governors marched out first. Now Ben-hadad had sent out scouts, who reported to him, “Men are marching out of Samaria.”
1 Kings 20:17, Berean Standard Bible
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The scene is the plain before Samaria, where Ben-hadad of Aram has besieged Ahab. God had promised through a prophet that this vast army would be delivered into Israel's hand, and the force that leads the sortie is the young officers of the district governors, a small corps of 232 men.
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